LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
For the period ended Jan 16, 2025. Filed Jan 16, 2025.
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Jan 16, 2025 · Filed Jan 16, 2025
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (the “Company”) is a “smaller reporting company,” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and has elected to provide in this Proxy Statement certain scaled disclosures permitted under the Exchange Act for smaller reporting companies. Under the scaled disclosure obligations, the Company is not required to provide, among other things, a Compensation Discussion and Analysis, a compensation committee report and certain other tabular and narrative disclosures relating to executive compensation.
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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | PAGE |
|---|---|
| 2025 Proxy Statement Summary | 1 |
| Questions and Answers About the Annual Meeting | 2 |
| Proposal 1- Election of Directors | 10 |
| Nominees for Election as Directors With Terms Expiring in 2028 | 10 |
| Incumbent Directors With Terms Expiring In 2026 | 11 |
| Incumbent Directors With Terms Expiring In 2027 | 12 |
| Proposal 2 - For Approval, by Non-Binding Vote, of The Company’s Compensation of Its Named Executive Officers | 15 |
| Proposal 3 - For Approval to Amend the Company’s 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan | 17 |
| Proposal 4 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 24 |
| Directors' Meetings And Committees of The Board of Directors | 25 |
| Corporate Governance | 31 |
| Compensation of Non-Employee Directors | 34 |
| Voting Securities And Principal Holders Thereof | 36 |
| Executive Compensation | 39 |
| Pay Versus Performance | 60 |
| Certain Relationships And Related Transactions | 62 |
| Report of The Audit and Risk Management Committee of The Board Of Directors | 63 |
| Relationship With Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 64 |
| Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports | 66 |
| Additional Information - Costs of Solicitation | 67 |
| Appendix A - Non-GAAP Financial Information | 68 |
| Appendix B - Amended 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan | 70 |
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